Horse-restraining device.



C. F. CRAWFORD. `HORSE RESTRMNING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31.1917.

Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

wnmv L MM l' carried over the head and behind the ears of an animal as shown in Figs. land 2, and 1s w es.;

` 10 withthe correspon lng rings 7 and 7 arey 4 accompanying CHARLES F. GBAWFOBD, 0F LIBERTY, NEW YORK.

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Bpecilcation at Letters Potent.

resented Jan. s, 1918.

Application led July 81, 1917. Bofill Ko. 183,785.`

To all whomJ it may concern:

Bc it known that I CHARLES F. CRAWroRn, a citizen of United States, residing at Liberty, in the county of Sullivan, State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Restrain' in Devices; and I do hereby declare the fo lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to restraining devices for horses and other draft animals and' has for an object to provide in conjunction with a bridle, means of novel arrangement and manipulation through the medium of which an animal may "be effectually rcstraincd and controlled should it become stubborn or fractions. x

IVith the above and other objects of similar 'nature in view= the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, set forth in and falling Within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bridle applied to an animals head and embodying the invention,

Fig. 2 is a view showing the opposite side of the device,

Fig. 3 illustrates another manner of empltying the device and,

ig. 4-is a perspectlve view of a slightly 4modliied form of the restraining member associated with a halter of conventional Referring now more particularly the4 drawing, there is showna 1 Abridle consistln of a pair of cheek straps 5 one of which'is onger than the other and is adjumbly connected with the other strap through the medium of a buckle 6. At the lower ends o f the cheek Istraps there are attachedri 7 and 7 respectively equipped 4sllp 00l8 8 81u18 respectively ofthe ordinary type. bit 9 of ordinary oonstraction is provided and equiped at= its with the usual rings 10 en 10 respec; while connect said rings 10 and `short lenlhs of strap 11 and. 11 respecti e vrestful ning 'member is 'shown 'a na come of length of man isprovidedat one end with a snap 4hook` 14 said hook bein engaged with one of the bit rings 10 an then passed over and around the nose' of the animal to whichI the bridle is a plied, its free end being then en aged loose y through the 10.

n order to prevent the restrainin memi ber from sli ping' downwardly on t e ani mals nose t e snap hook`8. 1s e in one of the links of the chain while, the hook 8 engages about the chain which is slidahle,

loosely through thehook 8 so that the hook 8 does not interfere with its operation as will be evident from the drawing. VThus should the' animal become stubborn or res tive it may bereadily controlled by ing and pulling upon the free end of` thi!" cliain l2, the latter being in this mannerdrawn tightly about the" animals nose so as t0 strangle and retard its breathing and cause it to desist in its efforts.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing, there is 'shown a slightly modified form of the invention the same being associated with abridleof ordinary construction havin 'no rings corresponding to the ring 7 an including theV usual cheek straps 5,', head strap .15, throat latch 16. nose strap 17, and bit 18 connected to the cheek strapsthrough the medium of the rings 19 4 of the lbit. In this form of the invention` the restraining -member consists merely of the chain'12 such as is employed in Figs. 1 and 2, the'same ybeing attached by its snap hook 14 to one ring 19 being passed around the animals nose and-through said -ring 19 just as inA the previously described constructionwhile its manner of use is also the same. It is thus evident that the chain 12may beI manufactured -and inexpensively sold as an article that maybe associated with a bridle of ordinary type, when the` purchaser does not desire the complete article illustrated in Figs. land 2.

If desired, the device may be manufacturedand marketed without the cheek straps 5 shown in Fig. 1 so thatit may be employed in connection with an ordinary halter or `hitless bridle. This type of the article is shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing as applied 4to a halter,` the' construction, arrangement and operation of the parts 7, 8,'10", 11,

12 and 14 being ldentical with that in Figs. 1 and 2.

-1. A restraining bridle 'for horse ror other animals including a airof.. cheek straps, rings at the lower en s of the cheek straps,

a snap hook carried by each of said rings, a bit, rings at the ends of the bit, means connecting the bit rings with the first named rings, and a fiexible chain connected at one end to one of the bit rings adapted to be passed around the nose of an animal and disposed with its other end engaged loosely through the ring to which it is connected, the snap hook adjacent the attached end of the chain being engaged in an adjacent link of the chain and the other snap hook slidably receiving the chain.

2. A restraining attachment for bridles consisting of a bit, rings at the ends of the bit, other rings connected loosely with the first named rings, snap hooks carried by the second named rings, and a restraining chain at one end to one of the first named rings adapted to be passed loosely around the nose of an animal with its other end engaged loosely through the ring to which it is attached and said snap hooks being adapted for Iixed and slidable connection with said chain.

In testimony whereof, I aiix my signature in thc presence of two witnesses:

CHARLES F. CRAWFORD. Witnesses SOLOMON A. ROYCE, ROBERT HARRY. 

